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H-1B cap hike could mean a grim future for workers
2014-05-19 13:50:05| InfoWorld: Top News
If Congress approves comprehensive immigration reform, it will likely more than double the cap on H-1B visas. What would happen then? Some of the leading academic critics of the H-1B program gathered Friday to talk about the problems the visa program is creating, and what will happen if the cap grows from 85,000 to 180,000, as set in the Senate's immigration bill.
Sarath Janga, an assistant professor of bioinformatics at IUPUI, came to IU on an H-1B visa.
2014-04-20 12:43:02| Biotech - Topix.net
It's H-1B visa lottery time again in America. Which means lots of anxious employers in Indiana praying their numbers come up.
H-1B applications surge to 172,500 -- twice the cap
2014-04-11 13:42:24| InfoWorld: Top News
The U.S. received twice as many H-1B visa petitions as it can give out under its 85,000 visa cap, and is thus distributing the visas via lottery. In total, the U.S. received about 172,500 applications for H-1B visas -- that carry a 65,000 base cap and another cap of 20,000 for those who earned a master's degree or higher in the U.S., the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Service said today. The visas picked in the lottery can be used in the 2015 federal fiscal year, which begins Oct. 1.
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U.S. hits H-1B cap with 'high number' of petitions
2014-04-08 15:00:00| InfoWorld: Top News
The U.S. government said today it has reached the H-1B cap, and if this year is similar to previous years, 70 percent of applicants are under the age of 35, and a major portion will take jobs at offshore outsourcing companies. The U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Service (USCIS) said it received a "high number" of H-1B petitions, but was unable to give a final tally because it was still counting them.
Offshore firms took 50 percent of H-1B visas in 2013
2014-04-01 15:50:51| InfoWorld: Top News
The U.S. today began accepting H-1B visa applications for the next fiscal year, with heavy demand expected. The visas will likely all be claimed by end of this week, and a major share of the H-1B visas will go to firms that use visa holders to displace U.S. workers. U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) data, provided to Computerworld, is very clear about who are the largest users of H-1B visas: Offshore outsourcing firms.
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